How to Use kibbutz in a Sentence

kibbutz

noun
  • At night a thick smell filled his bachelor’s room on the edge of the kibbutz.
    — Amos Oz, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
  • Two of her children were with their father and his partner at the kibbutz.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Peretz was one of the first civilians allowed to enter the kibbutz.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Stranded at her mother’s house on a kibbutz, she wasn’t allowed to leave the area.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Shiri's parents, who also lived on the kibbutz, were later found dead.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Shiri's parents, who also lived on the kibbutz, were later found dead.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Yaakov’s daughter and her boyfriend hid in a shelter in another home in the kibbutz.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Once the fighting stopped, my sister, who lives on the kibbutz, went to my mothers house and found no one there.
    — Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The glass entrance to the kibbutz dining hall is riddled with bullet holes.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Her team of 30 arrived in work pants and sun hats from their quarters at a nearby kibbutz.
    — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • His family has not lived here on this kibbutz near Lebanon for the past 14 months.
    — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
  • For some soldiers, the mission to clear the kibbutz is personal.
    — Richard Engel, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • David’s brother, Ariel, was at another house in the same kibbutz.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Kfir Bibas, who was taken hostage at 9 months old from Nir-Oz kibbutz.
    — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • This kibbutz on the hill is a long way away from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
    — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Siegel was taken from his home in kibbutz Kfar Aza nearly 16 months ago.
    — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
  • All five were seized from a safe room at a family member's home in the kibbutz Nir Yitzhak.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Fighters broke through the border fence of the kibbutz and ransacked the neighborhood.
    — Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Lavi soon heard from others in the kibbutz that Hamas militants had crossed the border and were in the streets.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In this kibbutz, 102 people were killed and more than 30 were kidnapped.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
  • It will be used at the synagogue within the kibbutz, the same place Bibas lost his wife, children and his dog.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The general went from house to house and the kibbutz and took care of any remaining terrorists.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The official spoke to reporters at a kindergarten in a kibbutz that was struck by shelling a day earlier.
    — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 30 May 2018
  • My dad grew up on a kibbutz where oranges grew in sprawling groves, but most of the fruit ended up in crates bound for Europe.
    — Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
  • When Anish was sixteen, he and Roy were sent to Israel to live on a kibbutz.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • He was taken with his brother, Iair Horn,from Nir Oz kibbutz.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Alexander Portnoy is in Israel, wrestling on the floor with a hearty young woman from a kibbutz.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The twin brothers were taken from Kfar Aza kibbutz during the attack.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Militants broke through the border fence of the kibbutz and ransacked the neighborhood.
    — Associated Press, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
  • It's been just over a month since Hamas terrorists rampaged through the kibbutz of Kfar Aza.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023

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